Monthly Archives: December 2007

If you are looking for podcasts worth listening to, one of my favs is Melvyn Bragg – he is a BBC 4 commentator and has for years done a weekly show called “In Our Time” which gathers together a panel of academics around a key issue that has shaped Western Culture. He covers everything – genetic mutation, the Reformation, Wordsworth’s Prelude, etc. When I would drop Clara off … There’s more to read here.

As with most years, my wife and I sat in front of the fireplace while wrapping christmas gifts and watched “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Perhaps it is because my family name is Bailey that I connect with George’s bildungsroman so well. I have to admit that I am a bit of a weeper when it comes to such things, and after years of watching the film every christmas, … There’s more to read here.

Just posted an article on The Other Journal entitled “Finding a Church that I Can Receive In: Responsing to the U2charist debate“. If you haven’t noticed amidst all your holiday planning, there has been a bit of a rumble in liturgically minded circles surrounding a phenomena called “U2charist” which is a service of Eucharist that utilizes themes and musics drawn from the corpus of U2. While some have … There’s more to read here.